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How to Use the SCIM User Provisioning API

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This feature is only available to users on our Enterprise plan. If you're interested in upgrading to an Enterprise plan, please reach out to us at <[email protected]>.

Overview

The ScreenSteps SCIM implementation follows standard SCIM conventions for:

  • Creating users
  • Updating users
  • Deactivating users
  • Creating groups
  • Adding/Removing users from groups

API Endpoints

API endpoints are found at /api/scim/v1/Users and /api/scim/v1/Groups.

The full URL will include your account domain. For example:

https://my_account.screenstepslive.com/api/scim/v1/Users

Authorization

Authorization is done with an Authorization: Bearer {value} Header Parameter.

You should include an account API token as the Bearer value.

Pagination (startIndex)

List results will be paginated. The following keys will be present:

"totalResults": 220, "itemsPerPage": 50,    "startIndex": 1,

If you would like to get the additional results, pass in a startIndex query parameter with the offset you would like to use.

For example, to get the 2nd page of users you would use the following query if the itemsPerPage were 50:

/api/scim/v1/Users?startIndex=51

Supported fields

ScreenSteps will map the following SCIM values to users in ScreenSteps.

SCIM Value ScreenSteps User Value
id id
external_id ID for user in your external system
userName login: Usually this is the user email. If your system is using SAML authentication with ScreenSteps they will be logged in via their email address.
name, { givenName, familyName } first_name and last_name
timezone timezone
emails[0] email
userType User role. Possible values are admin, editor, learner, and reader.

Example requests

List users

Request 

GET /api/scim/v1/Users

Response 

{
	"totalResults": 10,
	"itemsPerPage": 50,
	"startIndex": 1,
	"schemas": [
		"urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
	],
	"Resources": [
		{
			"schemas": [
				"urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
			],
			"id": "108063",
			"externalId": null,
			"meta": {
				"created": "2018-03-08T12:03:47.000-05:00",
				"location": "https://scim-example.screenstepslive.com/api/scim/v1/Users/108063"
			},
			"userName": "[email protected]",
			"name": {
				"givenName": "John",
				"familyName": "Doe"
			},
			"timezone": "Eastern Time (US & Canada)",
			"active": true,
			"emails": [
				{
					"value": "[email protected]",
					"primary": true,
					"type": "work"
				}
			],
			"groups": [
				{
					"value": "3936",
					"display": "Example Group"
				}
			],
			"userType": "learner"
		},
		{...}
	]
}
Show a user

Request 

GET /api/scim/v1/Users/:id

Response 

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0",
    "urn:scim:screensteps:schema:1.0"
  ],
  "id": "115659",
  "externalId": null,
  "meta": {
    "created": "2018-05-16T08:52:44.000-04:00",
    "location": "https://scim-example.screenstepslive.com/api/scim/v1/Users/115659"
  },
  "userName": "[email protected]",
  "name": {
    "givenName": "John",
    "familyName": "Doe"
  },
  "timezone": "Eastern Time (US & Canada)",
  "active": true,
  "emails": [
    {
      "value": "[email protected]",
      "primary": true,
      "type": "work"
    }
  ],
  "groups": [],
  "userType": "reader",
  "urn:scim:screensteps:schema:1.0": {
    "editableSites": [
      {
        "value": "1",
        "canPublish": true,
        "canDelete": true,
        "fullAccess": true,
        "canModerateComments": true
      }
    ]
  }
}
Find a user by email address

Request

This will find a user with the email [email protected].

 

GET /api/scim/v1/Users?filter=userName eq "[email protected]"

Response 

{
	"totalResults": 1,
	"itemsPerPage": 50,
	"startIndex": 1,
	"schemas": [
		"urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
	],
	"Resources": [
		{
			"schemas": [
				"urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
			],
			"id": "108063",
			"externalId": null,
			"meta": {
				"created": "2018-03-08T12:03:47.000-05:00",
				"location": "https://scim-example.screenstepslive.com/api/scim/v1/Users/108063"
			},
			"userName": "[email protected]",
			"name": {
				"givenName": "John",
				"familyName": "Doe"
			},
			"timezone": "Eastern Time (US & Canada)",
			"active": true,
			"emails": [
				{
					"value": "[email protected]",
					"primary": true,
					"type": "work"
				}
			],
			"groups": [
				{
					"value": "3936",
					"display": "Example Group"
				}
			],
			"userType": "learner"
		}
	]
}
Create a user

Request

The remote_authentication_user parameter is optional and defaults to true. If you pass in false then you must provide a valid password parameter as well. This is because the password will be managed by ScreenSteps rather than a Single Sign-on Identity Provider.

POST /api/scim/v1/Users

{
   "schemas": [
     "urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
   ],
   "externalId": null,
   "userName": "[email protected]",
   "name": {
     "givenName": "John",
     "familyName": "Doe",
   },
   "timezone": "Eastern Time (US & Canada)",
   "active": true,
   "emails": [
     {
       "value": "[email protected]",
       "primary": true
     }
   ],
   "remote_authentication_user": true
 }

Response 

{
	"schemas": [
		"urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
	],
	"id": "115658",
	"externalId": null,
	"meta": {
		"created": "2018-05-16T08:50:18.005-04:00",
		"location": "https://scim-example.screenstepslive.com/api/scim/v1/Users/115658"
	},
	"userName": "[email protected]",
	"name": {
		"givenName": "John",
		"familyName": "Doe"
	},
	"timezone": "Eastern Time (US & Canada)",
	"active": true,
	"emails": [
		{
			"value": "[email protected]",
			"primary": true,
			"type": "work"
		}
	],
	"groups": [],
	"userType": "reader"
}
Update a user

Request

The remote_authentication_user parameter is optional and defaults to true. If you pass in false then you must provide a valid password parameter as well. This is because the password will be managed by ScreenSteps rather than a Single Sign-on Identity Provider.

PUT /api/scim/v1/Users/:id

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
  ],
  "userName": "[email protected]",
  "name": {
    "givenName": "James",
    "familyName": "Doe"
  },
  "timezone": "Eastern Time (US & Canada)",
  "active": true,
  "emails": [
    {
      "value": "[email protected]",
      "primary": true,
      "type": "work"
    }
  ],
  "groups": [
    {
      "value": "3936",
      "display": "Authentication Group (OneLogin)"
    }
  ],
  "userType": "reader",
  "remote_authentication_user": true
}

Response 

{
	"schemas": [
		"urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
	],
	"id": "115659",
	"externalId": null,
	"meta": {
		"created": "2018-05-16T08:52:44.000-04:00",
		"location": "https://scim-example.screenstepslive.com/api/scim/v1/Users/115659"
	},
	"userName": "[email protected]",
	"name": {
		"givenName": "James",
		"familyName": "Doe"
	},
	"timezone": "Eastern Time (US & Canada)",
	"active": true,
	"emails": [
		{
			"value": "[email protected]",
			"primary": true,
			"type": "work"
		}
	],
	"groups": [],
	"userType": "reader"
}
Updating editableSites for an Editor user (beta)

This is a beta feature. Please contact [email protected] to have this enabled on your account.

Users who have a userType of editor must be assigned to specific sites that they can edit. In addition they can be assigned different permissions for those sites. Permissions include:

  • canPublish - Allows publishing content
  • canDelete - Allows deleting content
  • canModerateComments - Allows comment moderation
  • fullAccess - Allows all privileges on the site. Setting this to true overrides all other value

This can be done when creating a user or when updating a user. The examples below just show the request when updating a user, but the same JSON would work for creating a user.

Add an editableSite 

PUT /api/scim/v1/Users/:id
{ 
 "schemas": [
    "urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0",
    "urn:scim:screensteps:schema:1.0"
  ],
  "id": "115659",
  "externalId": null,
  "meta": {
    "created": "2018-05-16T08:52:44.000-04:00",
    "location": "https://scim-example.screenstepslive.com/api/scim/v1/Users/115659"
  },
  "userName": "[email protected]",
  "name": {
    "givenName": "John",
    "familyName": "Doe"
  },
  "timezone": "Eastern Time (US & Canada)",
  "active": true,
  "emails": [
    {
      "value": "[email protected]",
      "primary": true,
      "type": "work"
    }
  ],
  "groups": [],
  "userType": "editor",
  "urn:scim:screensteps:schema:1.0": {
    "editableSites": [
      {
        "value": "1",
        "canPublish": true,
        "canDelete": true,
        "fullAccess": true,
        "canModerateComments": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

The value is the id of the site you want to give them access to.

Remove an editableSite

To remove an editableSite you will add an operation key to the editableSite object. See below.

PUT /api/scim/v1/Users/:id
{ 
 "schemas": [
    "urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0",
    "urn:scim:screensteps:schema:1.0"
  ],
  "id": "115659",
  "externalId": null,
  "meta": {
    "created": "2018-05-16T08:52:44.000-04:00",
    "location": "https://scim-example.screenstepslive.com/api/scim/v1/Users/115659"
  },
  "userName": "[email protected]",
  "name": {
    "givenName": "John",
    "familyName": "Doe"
  },
  "timezone": "Eastern Time (US & Canada)",
  "active": true,
  "emails": [
    {
      "value": "[email protected]",
      "primary": true,
      "type": "work"
    }
  ],
  "groups": [],
  "userType": "reader",
  "urn:scim:screensteps:schema:1.0": {
    "editableSites": [
      {
        "value": "1",
        "operation": "delete"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Changing userType

If you change the userType to anything but an editor, all editableSites will be removed from the user.

Delete (deactivate) a user

Request 

DELETE /api/scim/v1/Users/:id
Reactivate a user

Request 

PATCH /api/scim/v1/Users/:id

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
  ],
  "active": true
}

Response 

{
	"schemas": [
		"urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
	],
	"id": "115659",
	"externalId": null,
	"meta": {
		"created": "2018-05-16T07:52:44.000-05:00",
		"location": "https://scim-example.screenstepslive.com/api/scim/v1/Users/115659"
	},
	"userName": "[email protected]",
	"name": {
		"givenName": "James",
		"familyName": "Doe"
	},
	"timezone": "Eastern Time (US & Canada)",
	"active": true,
	"emails": [
		{
			"value": "[email protected]",
			"primary": true,
			"type": "work"
		}
	],
	"groups": [],
	"userType": "reader"
}
List groups

Request 

GET /api/scim/v1/Groups

Response 

{
	"totalResults": 4,
	"itemsPerPage": 50,
	"startIndex": 1,
	"schemas": [
		"urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
	],
	"Resources": [
		{
			"schemas": [
				"urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
			],
			"id": "3936",
			"meta": {
				"created": "2018-03-08T11:24:58.000-05:00",
				"location": "https://scim-example.screenstepslive.com/api/scim/v1/Groups/3936"
			},
			"displayName": "My Group",
			"members": [
				{
					"value": "3936",
					"display": Jane Doe"
				}
			]
		},
...
Create a group

Request 

POST /api/scim/v1/Groups

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
  ],
  "displayName": "My Group"
}

Response 

{
	"schemas": [
		"urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
	],
	"id": "4078",
	"meta": {
		"created": "2018-05-16T09:03:54.801-04:00",
		"location": "https://scim-example.screenstepslive.com/api/scim/v1/Groups/4078"
	},
	"displayName": "My Group",
	"members": []
}
Add a user to a group

Request 

PATCH /api/scim/v1/Groups/:id

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
  ],
	"members": [
		{ "value": 115659 }
	]
}

Response 

{
	"schemas": [
		"urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
	],
	"id": "4078",
	"meta": {
		"created": "2018-05-16T16:03:54.000+03:00",
		"location": "https://scim-example.screenstepslive.com/api/scim/v1/Groups/4078"
	},
	"displayName": "My Group",
	"members": [
		{
			"value": "4078",
			"display": "James Doe"
		}
	]
}
Remove a user from a group

Request 

PATCH /api/scim/v1/Groups/:id

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
  ],
	"members": [
		{ 
			"value": 115659,
			"operation": "delete"
		}
	]
}

Response 

{
	"schemas": [
		"urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
	],
	"id": "4078",
	"meta": {
		"created": "2018-05-16T16:03:54.000+03:00",
		"location": "https://scim-example.screenstepslive.com/api/scim/v1/Groups/4078"
	},
	"displayName": "My Group",
	"members": []
}
Remove all users in a group

Request 

PATCH /api/scim/v1/Groups/:id

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
  ],
  "meta": {
     "attributes": ["members"]
   }
}

Response 

{
	"schemas": [
		"urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
	],
	"id": "4078",
	"meta": {
		"created": "2018-05-16T16:03:54.000+03:00",
		"location": "https://scim-example.screenstepslive.com/api/scim/v1/Groups/4078"
	},
	"displayName": "My Group",
	"members": []
}
Replace all users in a group

This request will remove all existing members from the group and replace them with the users in the members parameter.

Request 

PUT /api/scim/v1/Groups/:id

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
  ],
	"members": [
		{ 
			"value": 115659,
		}
	]
}

Response 

{
	"schemas": [
		"urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
	],
	"id": "4078",
	"meta": {
		"created": "2018-05-16T16:03:54.000+03:00",
		"location": "https://scim-example.screenstepslive.com/api/scim/v1/Groups/4078"
	},
	"displayName": "My Group",
	"members": [
		{
			"value": "4078",
			"display": "James Doe"
		}
	]
}
Update the group title

Request 

PATCH /api/scim/v1/Groups/:id

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
  ],
  "displayName": "New name"
}

Response 

{
	"schemas": [
		"urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"
	],
	"id": "4078",
	"meta": {
		"created": "2018-05-16T16:03:54.000+03:00",
		"location": "https://scim-example.screenstepslive.com/api/scim/v1/Groups/4078"
	},
	"displayName": "New name",
	"members": [
		{
			"value": "4078",
			"display": "James Doe"
		}
	]
}
Delete a group

Request 

DELETE /api/scim/v1/Groups/:id

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